March 16, 2013

With it's common main ingredients, this recipe is one found in practically all cuisines. Garlic and spices like the hot, red pepper along with parsley plays into Italy's Scampi, Spain's Gambas al Ajillo, a spicy version of Thai's Goong Pong Gari and of course, our America's southern Barbecued Shrimp.

Like a good southerner, I chose to flash-fry these Alabama wild shrimp with a light crust of flour, which I think helps keeps them tender throughout the cooking and also adds to the creamy sauce. I then incorporate these Gulf beauties into a Creole lemon-wine-butter sauce similar to our heritage white Bordelaise sauce we so adore with crab claws and our much loved seafood dishes.

The Bordelaise recipe today is my take on the American-Italian Shrimp Scampi with a little of our BBQ shrimp way of doing it thrown in for added taste. Enjoy!

Pat the shrimp completely dry. Sprinkle with the Creole seasoning and toss in a paper bag with the flour. Lay on a wire rack until ready to cook.

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan or deep fryer to 365 degrees F. A good test is to fry a piece of bacon and when it turns brown the oil is hot and also flavored. Carefully fry the shrimp in batches for about 1 minute each side or until the shrimp turns a light brown. Remove to a wire rack on a sheet pan and keep warm (a 200 degree over works great). Continue frying the shrimp until all is cooked.

Over medium high heat, add about a tablespoon of oil to a large skillet cook the sausage until brown on both sides. Remove to drain on a paper lined plate. Set aside.

Add the garlic to the skillet and sauté over medium high heat for about 1 minute. Add the Worcestershire, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, bay leaf powder, chicken stock and wine. Allow mixture to reduce to half in volume. Season with salt and pepper to taste and incorporate in the butter by whisking it off-heat into the sauce. When emulsified and velvety, return skillet over medium heat and add in the shrimp and green onions. Tenderly toss the shrimp coating with the sauce, cover and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat, toss again adding the parsley and serve over warm linguine.

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Drick's Rambling Cafe features recipes from an array of southern gulf
coast foods and like any good, respectable cafe, informative musings of our locale.
Features include heritage southern dishes, regional seafood and shellfish, my love for
Mexican-American, Cajun and Creole cookery plus my passion for grilling and barbecuing.

Coming
from a small town community and living on a farm in central Alabama,
cooking down-home recipes come naturally and a few go back over three
generations. Take a look, enjoy real home goodness from my home in Mobile AL and around our Delta
area.